Maria's Field of Hope at Cedar Point

We spent Labor Day Weekend at the farm with Mimi and Papa. Then on Monday, the girls drove from the farm to Cedar Point to volunteer at the Prayers from Maria sunflower field at Cedar Point. Kiera got a new Cedar Point Sunflower shirt (of course!). We enjoyed the new field and spreading the word and raising awareness for childhood cancer in Sandusky. At the end of our shift we enjoyed the beautiful blooms. 

Sunflower Selfie with Sunglasses...

 ...and a sunflower selfie without!

Concert Time!

Nostalgia hit hard when I heard that Hootie and The Blowfish and The Bare Naked Ladies were coming to Blossom! They were two of my favorite bands growing up...and they still are! Emily and I went to a BNL concert together about 20 years ago, so of course I wanted to do it again! We also brought Mimi, Kiera and Baby Shapiro (in Em's belly!) along. This was Kiera's second concert (Taylor Swift was her first). We got lawn seats, brought snacks, sang along and had a great time! 

Cinco de Mayo

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo with Mimi and Papa at 

The Prosperity Social Club. Don't Kiera and Mimi look

cute in their matching Despisito shirts?

Memorial Day

We spent Sunday of Memorial Day at the farm. 

We tested out the new dock...in fact, we relaxed there all day! 

 Standing on the knoll looking at the dock

 Stars and Stripes Star Kisses from DQ...

Thanks, Mimi!

 TJK

KJK

 Brooke freely roams around the farm...we were sitting on the 

dock and she was on the left side of the pond on "Mermaid Rock."

If you look very closely, you can see her.

 First (of many) jumps off the dock

 

Brooke isn't a dock jumper (yet), she's more of a 

mosey-in-from-the-water's-edge kind of pup

 Swimming sisters

Trying out her kayak for the first time...

Thanks, Nanny Jane!

I'd say her first time kayaking was a success, wouldn't you?!

 Dave made friends with Woody, one of the excavators working at the farm,

and invited him and his family over for the picnic. He showed up 

with a "pick up truck bed cooler" full of drinks! We were dying, none

of us had scene anything like it before. Turns out, the local ice company,

Millersburg Ice, shaves the ice down to small cubes and they pile

up the shaving "scraps" in the back lot. The shavings are free and you can

take as many as you'd like. We are definitely going to try it sometime! 

Kiera's Eye

You couldn't make this one up if you tried...Mimi slips down the stairs at the same time Kiera happens to be acting silly and walking down the stairs backward. Mimi's foot goes out from under her and kicks Kiera across the eye. Two trips to the eye doctor and he says she's fine; the small scratch on her eye is already healed!

Close up

Happy Birthday, Mimi!

Happy Birthday, Mimi!
Looking forward to celebrating with you!
We love you!